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Best Bribed Poems

Below are the all-time best Bribed poems written by Poets on PoetrySoup. These top poems in list format are the best examples of bribed poems written by PoetrySoup members


This Song Is For My Mother
This song is for my mother
Let her hear me cry
I couldn’t bring myself to write it
‘Til this darkened day arrived
A song about old promises 
Made...

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Categories: bribed, angst, death, dedication, depression,
Form: Ballad



Premium Member An Unusual Colonoscopy
I stepped in for my first colonoscopy. I was nervous everyone could see
I had a choice to be awake or put out if I was...

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Categories: bribed, humor, humorous,
Form: Couplet
Premium Member Omnipotent: He Knows All
OMNIPOTENT: HE KNOWS ALL


I know today, at this time
You... my son(man), may not wholly know me. 
but, may I ask you...

Have you   taken...

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Categories: bribed, character, christian, faith, god,
Form: Dramatic Monologue
Premium Member Getting What I Really Wanted
I wanted
peanut butter and jam
But settled
for bread and butter
I wanted a puppy
but got a hamster instead
I wanted you to live forever
Until I wished you were...

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Categories: bribed, abuse, bullying, desire,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member I Went To Heaven
I went to Heaven…..
Why I went there and
how I got there….
now there’s the story.

Went there to plead my case.
Couldn’t afford an angel so
one was appointed...

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Categories: bribed, heaven, humor, travel,
Form: Free verse



Penny For the Guy
Penny for the guy

C’mon mister give us a penny for the guy
This little ragamuffin asked with sad eyes brimming
Need the money to buy food she...

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Categories: bribed, fun, night,
Form: Rhyme
Kidnapped Reality Enforced
a girl a child a life of 12 years 
a by stander an innocent with no sense of fear 

coerced, bribed, begged and beckoned 
kidnapped,...

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Categories: bribed, death, death, death,
Form: Rhyme
Paradise Mislaid
We decided to turn Paradise into real estate.
Trouble was, we weren’t too sure where to find it,
Though experts had located it somewhere
Slightly west or east...

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Categories: bribed, paradise, satire, tree,
Form: Free verse
Horrendous Hobyah Hordes Hijack Hamptonshire
The Scots, by God,
They drove them out,
With a single Yorkie
At their heels a' yappin'
The Hobyahs tried to fly
Their arms they were a flappin'

Some managed to...

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© Tom Bell  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: bribed, adventure, imagination, parody, people,
Form: Burlesque
Premium Member Forbidden Love
Forbid hate not love, let love bloom, real love is rare~ Deterred love often has tragic consequences.  Love which is not pure will reveal...

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© I Am Anaya  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: bribed, analogy, death, love,
Form: Triolet
True Love
True love can't be bought, blackmailed or bribed. It is
a treasure that is given freely, with nothing to hide.
That complete, unselfish, compassionate thrilling
desire, that grows...

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Categories: bribed, love, love,
Form: Free verse
Life and Death
Many plan to live for ever
But can only try
Death always visits
No matter how hard we cry

Faith in longevity is ill-judged
Life spans vary
Time rolls by
One day...

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Categories: bribed, death, life,
Form: Prose
Teething Tigers
Western wars brought to foreign fields
Bullet barrages blocked by grim guillotines
Petulant petrol fans the flickering flames
Courageous captains solder soldiers together
Teething tigers ripped from mad mothers...

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Categories: bribed, political, war, , western,
Form: Alliteration
Commercial Slam - Part Ii
I JUST CAN’T HELP IT, YA KNOW?

Elderly Lady: Help! I’ve fallen and I can’t get up!
First Alert: Duly noted, will there be anything else?
Elderly Lady:...

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Categories: bribed, angst, funny, how i
Form: Light Verse
Premium Member Entwined
Parents locked in a loving embrace
Mum was wearing pink satin and lace
Making love on the floor
Their kids burst through the door
Just imagine the looks on...

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Categories: bribed, children, humorous, parents, sexy,
Form: Limerick

Book: Shattered Sighs